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Financial Crisis for Dummies

September 26, 2008 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

What Happened In Stick Figure Simplicit View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. This is awesome (and truly awful) all at the same time. We applied for (and got) a mortgage in California in 2005, and can attest to the mortgage broker’s modus operandi. The guy we worked with didn’t even present a “normal” 30-year…

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Filed Under: California, Current Affairs

10 things I will miss about my California life

November 12, 2007 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Hummingbirds flitting around our kitchen window. Geese flying through in Spring and Fall. Consistently warm (but not too warm) and sunny summer days. (A lack of need for air conditioning in our home can piggyback on this entry.) Our little house, which is chock full of memories from our son’s first two years of life….

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Going Camping

August 15, 2007 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

In preparation for a camping trip this weekend, I rummaged through the garage this afternoon and dragged out a stuff sack full of gear that I’ve had since around 1994. (Yes, I’m getting old.) I remember buying most of the stuff for a trip to Belize I took with two guy friends. Their plan, which…

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Filed Under: California, Family, Fun & Games, Nature

I spent $8 for a carton of eggs

July 11, 2007 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

And they are amazing. Sort of creamy, and deep yellow/orange, and uneven in size and color. Some were brown, others white. The chickens, instead of eating corn, eat insects and Isn’t it fascinating how the imperfect-appearing foodstuffs — with uneven sizes and flawed skins — yield the most fully-realized flavors.

Filed Under: California, Food & Drink

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